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This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms operating in the software industry. We find that in terms of turnover and employment, firms with only technological innovations do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However,...
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Innovationen in Form neuer Produkte und Produktionsprozesse sind in fortgeschrittenen Volkswirtschaften der entscheidende Treiber der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung. Nach Abschluss der massiven technologischen Erneuerung in Ostdeutschland, die sich bis Ende der 1990er Jahre in deutlich höheren...
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innovators in East than in West Germany, firms in East Germany have to compete with original innovation activities. The paper … outlines the innovation activity in East and West Germany and investigates the determinants of product and process innovation … industry in East Germany are quite active in innovation activities in the year 2008. As regards the share of innovative firms …
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The phenomenon of physical R&D-manufacturing co-location is interesting, because researchers have made very different observations regarding its prevalence. In some populations co-location of the two functions seems to be the norm; in others, an exception. However, we still do not have an...
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Unbestritten ist die Notwendigkeit einer öffentlichen Unterstützung der Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) von Wissenschaftseinrichtungen. Hier spielt die Projektförderung eine stetig wachsende Rolle, die insbesondere zur Vernetzung der Akteure eines Innovationssystems beitragen soll. Vor diesem...
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relationships among the actors within an innovation system. Given that, the Halle Institute for Economic Research has investigated …
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This study analyses how R&D expenditure impacts the productivity of companies. We analyse the productivity impact of R&D using a large panel dataset of Finnish firms over a nine-year period from 1996 to 2004. Our results are two-fold. In the short run (in 1-2 years) we find no statistically...
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This research explores the impact of gender on managerial styles, especially the strategic typology employed by hotel managers in Canada during economic stressful times. Miles and Snow’s strategic typology framework of defender, prospector, analyzer and reactor was employed and explored...
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This thesis studies the impacts of technology development and R&D subsidies. The first essay examines whether public and private R&D funding are substitutes or complements. Particular attention is paid to capital market imperfections by examining what kind of effect financial constraint has on...
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